No, I don't think he should be attacked for it, or that people should really belittle him. While I think the request itself is ridiculous, I don't think the OP is stupid for asking it.

I think a far better conversation to be having in regards to these long maintenances is why they are happening in the first place. As Tridus mentioned a 24 hour maintenance for a patch launch is extremely nonstandard for MMOs, and while I think it's an improvement over the shorter maintenances with more emergency maintenances tacked on, that's also not normal. FFXIV is a very successful MMO, probably second only to WoW (an absolute behemoth), run by a huge company with a ton of revenue. Why can't they make things run more smoothly?